Here's what to do instead: 1  Take a deep breath whenever you can. 2  If your ribs are so damaged that this seems out of the question, try to take one deep breath every hour, on the hour. 3  If you literally cannot do one deep breath per hour, call a doctor. 4  Do breathing exercises. 5  Don't smoke.
The scriptures describe Shiva as also a personification of time. Forms of Shiva such as Mahakaaleshwar and Kaalabhairav depict him as an embodiment of kaala (time). Every being in this creation is subject to birth and death within an interval of time.
The best time to hold the funeral service is during the morning hours, and this for three reasons: 1  It is proper to perform the mitzvah of burial with dispatch; the earlier the better. 2  For practical reasons, most persons will be able to attend the service, and will then be able to return to their own affairs. It will leave time for those mourners living far from the cemetery to begin the mourning period before dark, and thus count this day as the first day of shiva.